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Statutes > Connecticut > Title10 > Chap184b > Sec10-417Sec. 10-417. (Formerly Sec. 32-86a). Commission powers and duties re digital media and motion picture activities. (a) With respect to digital media and motion picture activities, the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, established under section 10-392, shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To promote the use of Connecticut locations, structures, facilities and services for the production and postproduction of all digital media and motion pictures and other media-related products;
(2) To provide support services to visiting and in-state production companies, including assistance to digital media and motion picture producers in securing permits from state agencies, authorities or institutions or municipalities or other political subdivisions of the state;
(3) To develop and update a resource library concerning the many possible state sites which are suitable for production;
(4) To develop and update a production manual of available digital media and motion picture production facilities and services in the state;
(5) To conduct and attend trade shows and production workshops to promote Connecticut locations and facilities;
(6) To prepare an explanatory guide showing the impact of relevant state and municipal tax statutes, regulations and administrative opinions on typical production activities and to implement the tax credits provided for in section 12-217jj;
(7) To formulate and propose guidelines for state agencies for a "one stop permitting" process for matters including, but not limited to, the use of state roads and highways, the use of state-owned real or personal property for production activities and the conduct of regulated activities, and to hold workshops to assist state agencies in implementing such process;
(8) To formulate and recommend to municipalities model local ordinances and forms to assist production activities, including, but not limited to, "one stop permitting" of digital media and motion picture and other production activity to be conducted in a municipality, and to hold workshops to assist municipalities in implementing such ordinances;
(9) To accept any funds, gifts, donations, bequests or grants of funds from private and public sources for the purposes of this section;
(10) To request and obtain from any state agency, authority or institution or any municipality or other political subdivision of the state such assistance and data as will enable the commission to carry out the purposes of this section;
(11) To assist and promote cooperation among all segments of management and labor that are engaged in digital media and motion pictures;
(12) To take any other administrative action which may improve the position of the state's digital media and motion picture production industries in national and international markets.
(b) On or before January 15, 2008, and biennially thereafter, the commission shall submit to the General Assembly, in accordance with section 11-4a, a report on the activities of the commission under this section and the estimated direct and indirect economic impact of all digital media, motion pictures and related production activity in the state, during the preceding calendar years. Each such report shall also include an analysis of the impact on the state of each qualified production, as defined in section 12-217jj.
(P.A. 94-137, S. 2, 9; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 231; P.A. 04-205, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30; P.A. 06-172, S. 3; P.A. 07-217, S. 49.)
History: P.A. 94-137 effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 deleted former Subsecs. (a), (b) and (d) re Connecticut Film, Video and Media Office and amended Subsec. (c) to delete Subsec. designator, transfer powers and duties of said office re film activities to Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film, delete former Subdiv. (12) re advisory councils, redesignate existing Subdivs. (13) and (14) as new Subdivs. (12) and (13) and make conforming changes, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-205, effective June 3, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, both replaced Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film with Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism; Sec. 32-86a transferred to Sec. 10-417 in 2005; P.A. 06-172 replaced "film" and similar references with references to digital media and motion pictures throughout section, designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and, in said Subsec., revised Subdiv. (1) to authorize commission to promote the use of state structures and postproduction activity and amended Subdiv. (6) to authorize preparation of a guide to implement tax credits under Sec. 12-217jj, added Subsec. (b) re report to General Assembly and made technical changes throughout section; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(7), effective July 12, 2007.
